Chapter 36 Uncle Victor

• "I am all right. " seemed peculiar, as if he assumed Alicia was feeling ill after she had dinner with Martin.
• Perplexed, she responded with a hint of suspicion, "What's going on?"
• There was a brief pause before Tobias spoke. "The last time Martin and I had dinner, I drank the water handed by the maid and lost my ability to shift. It was the day after my eighteenth birthday. I was worried that you might have suffered the same accident, so I called to ask how you were doing."